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(6) would have been entitled under the provisions of subsection (1) to recover compensation had he taken steps to enforce his right or interest in or over any of the reversion land or to complete his title thereto; or
(c) had any right or interest in or over any of the reversion land, being a right or interest which, however defeasible or invalid in law, was acquired by him as the successor of any persOO who acquired such right or interest, or who acquired such right or interest in accordance with the law from any person who acquired the same, in good faith and in reliance upon and in accordance with any custom as to the manner of assigning or otherwise dealing in or with land which the Land Tribunal may find to prevail or to have prevailed, notwith stending that such custom is or was contrary to law, which has been extinguished in consequence of the reversion of suck land to the Crown under the provisions of section 3: or (d) has, in consequence of the reversion to the Crown under the provisions of section 3 of any of the reversion land, suffered any loss or damage by reason of the removal of his business. being a lawful business which was permitted to be carried on thereon by the Crown lease by which such land was originally demised, from any such land, being land which was acquirel by him or by some other person, or was acquired by him or by some other person in accordance with the law from Bry other person who acquired the same, in good faith and in reliance upon and in accordance with any custom as to the manner of assigning or otherwise dealing in or with land which the Land Tribunal may find to prevail or to have prevailed, notwithstanding that such custom is or was contrary to law.
shall be eligible to recover compensation as a Class B claimant and shall, it, under the provisions of subsection (5) or (6) of section 8. the Land Tribunal so orders, be entitled to recover compensation or some part thereof according to the order of the Tribunal.
6. (1) Any person who considers that he is entitled or cligible under the provisions of this Ordinance to recover compensation, whether as a Class A claimant or as a Class B claimant, shall cake a clain therefor in writing to the Director within six weeks of the commence- ment of this Ordinance.
(2) Where, upon receipt of any such claim, the Director is of opinion that-
(a) there is or may be a doubt or dispute as to whether or Del the claimant is a person who is entitled or eligible under the provisions of this Ordinance to recover compensation; or
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(5) there is or may be some other person who is or may be en itled under the provisions of this Ordinance, whether as a Class A claimant or as a Class B claimant, to recover compensation in respect of any right or interest in the same part of the rever- sion land of the same or substantially the same nature as that to which such claim relates.
the Director shall refer the claim to the Land Tribunal by notice served upon the clerk to the Land Tribunal specifying the part of the reversion land to which such claim relates and the name of the claimant and specifying also the reason on account of which the same has been referred to the Land Tribunal.
where claims
7. (1) Where, under the provisions of subsection (2) of section 6. Procedure the Director has referred a claim for compensation to the Land for com- Tribunal-
pensation
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(a) he shall serve on the claimant a copy of the notice served Land
upon the clerk to the Land Tribunal; and
(b) be shall cause to be published in the Gazette and in two issues of two daily newspapers published in the Chinese language a notice declaring that the claim has been referred to the Land Tribunal, and specifying the part of the reversion land to which the same relates, and calling upon any person who considers that he is entitled under the provisions of this Ordinance to recover compensation in respect of any right or interest in the same part of the reversion land, whether as a Class A claimant or as a Class B claimant, to lodge a claim in writing with the clerk to the Land Tribunal within such time as may be specified in such notice, being not less than thirty days after the day on which such notice was published in the Gazette.
(2) Where, under the provisions of paragraph (5) of subsection (1), a claim is lodged with the clerk to the Land Tribunal, the claimant shall notify the Director of the lodging of the same.
(3) Where, under the provisions of subsection (2) of section 6. the Director has referred more than one claim for compensation in respect of the same part of the reversion land to the Land Tribunal, the provisions of paragraph (5) of subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been complied with in respect of each such claim if they have been complied with in respect of any of the same.